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This week we welcome back Locally Grown founding grower Backyard Harvest from a long winter’s nap. Like my own place, Backyard Harvest tends to get hit by cold weather a bit harder than many of the other farms, and the recent freeze was no exception. Still, Boo and new wife Becky have several items to offer this week.

My new bees arrived last weekend, and they’ve been busy settling in to their new hive, located within sight of my back porch next to the pond, under an oak tree. They’ve been busy, exploring their new surroundings and bringing back pollen. They’re about to be very happy bees, as the first blackberry flowers are poised to open. By this time next week, they’ll find themselves in the middle of about 10 acres of blooming blackberry bushes.

Those of you with your own gardens may be interested in an event taking place next Saturday. The Southern Seed Legacy, an heirloom seed and heritage breed conservation group affiliated with UGA is hosting their 10th Annual Old Timey Seed Swap Saturday April 28th from 3 to 8pm at UGA’s Agrarian Connections Farm in Oglethorpe County (just outside Crawford, which is right down 78 a few minutes from Athens. Besides swapping seeds, the event will feature bluegrass music, southern BBQ (prepared by Slow Food Athens), tours of the new heritage orchard, and introductions to the herd of piney wood cattle. I’ve been meaning to get out to this event for five years now, and it looks like this will be the year. Directions and more info are at their website, linked above.

I’ve been so busy helping other markets get started with the website system that I’ve been neglecting our own. I’ve been meaning to flesh out the Q’s & A’s page for a while, and I’ll try to do that this week. I’ve already added one explaining our dairy schedule. I’m in the middle of writing one about how to prep your greens when you get them home (are they pre-washed? why or why not? how do I keep them longer? etc.). If there are any other questions you’d like to see answered, pass ‘em to me!

I think that’s enough rambling for this week. You’ll find more variety this week, as I’m sure you’ll find for the weeks to come. Some of the growers are planting the summer veggies now, and the rest of us have only a couple more weeks to wait. I can almost taste the Cherokee tomato!

Thanks for all your continued support. We’ll see you Thursday from 4:30pm to 7pm at Gosford Wine!